This was Merck under Skolnick!!!!

[Anonymous]

Scientific fraud Master!!!

"Pharmalot: In your view, what was the most compelling take away from this whole episode?
Prakash: I think what really shocked me was the extent of the scientific manipulation. It had never occurred to me, and it’s probably quite naïve. I knew the tobacco industry played with science and I knew about accounting and financial fraud, because I had been a banking reporter. I understood about cooking numbers. But I didn’t understand about manipulating clinical trial data and couldn’t believe a company of Merck’s stature could be doing that. …I turned to epidemiologists and cardiologists and asked all these questions that a reporter asks. All these stupid questions. And I kept coming up against the fact that this very big company was really not treating people and human lives in the way you would expect them to. And you look around at the cultural and social landscape and you see, well, what I learned from covering litigation and trials before that is how hard it is to hold powerful corporate actors to account.

Read the whole story:

http://www.pharmalot.com/2011/06/merck-vioxx-and-the-legal-system-snigdha-explains/

 

[Anonymous]

This Prakash may be right. But I see her as another Michael Moore. Self adoring, holier than thou liberal author. I hope one day when she gets sick, really sick, and in the ER and be thankful of all the wonderful products made by evil drug companies that save her life.

 

[Anonymous]

This Prakash may be right. But I see her as another Michael Moore. Self adoring, holier than thou liberal author. I hope one day when she gets sick, really sick, and in the ER and be thankful of all the wonderful products made by evil drug companies that save her life.

I tend to agree and I remember the absolute naive arrogance of those years. If she thinks manipulation occurs only in the hands of corporate executives and not by cardiologists, other medical players, and finally authors wanting to launch a compelling story...well then, I have a bridge to sell...

 

[Anonymous]

This Prakash may be right. But I see her as another Michael Moore. Self adoring, holier than thou liberal author. I hope one day when she gets sick, really sick, and in the ER and be thankful of all the wonderful products made by evil drug companies that save her life.

Frankly, if the public appreciated the value of pharmaceuticals (rather than the cost, since drugs are one of the few remaining direct, out of pocket expenses in health care), we wouldn't be in the hole we're in. That said, in America, the land of "I want everything for nothing", there's really no chance that that will happen.

 

[Anonymous]

Frankly, if the public appreciated the value of pharmaceuticals (rather than the cost, since drugs are one of the few remaining direct, out of pocket expenses in health care), we wouldn't be in the hole we're in. That said, in America, the land of "I want everything for nothing", there's really no chance that that will happen.

Prakash wants to sell a book and became an "activist". Michael Moore has successful play the role of the same for years and is successful. The politicians want to impose ObamaCare on us which I am sure generics will be used a lot to reduce cost while when they get sick, they go to Bethesda. I am sure that prestigious place uses the best and latest drugs on these politicians and they won't accept anything less anyway.